"Fly fishing is solitary, contemplative, misanthropic, scientific in some hands , poetic in others, and laced with conflicting aesthetic considerations. It's not even clear if catching fish is the point." - John Gierach
We worked the EB this past Wednesday from 2 to 6pm with a flow at 311 cfs. The Bliss Pool rewarded us especially when we put on a green caddis larvae.
The Ware has been top notch but it pays to move around. Below the Church Street bridge is not the only place to fish. There are many good sized browns in that river. Try River Run a few miles upstream.
The Swift has been on and off the last few weeks. There have been a number of zero days but some days where 18+ fish have been taken.
I hooked and lost an 18 to 20 inch brown in the bubbler arm on Thursday. It's still there so go for it.
Let's give the Millers a few more days. It's still over 800 cfs.
As you can tell I'm not one of those writers who will never divulge the spot on a river that I fish or let alone the name of the river. People work hard in this world and having some time to fish and knowing where to go is important to them. That's what this blog does. I know of two bloggers who used to read my blog and would then pepper me for more details, "where, when, what time and what were you using." Then they would draw a blank as to the river on their blogs. An outdoor writer should not make himself and his buddies the center of attention. It's the river that gets top billing and then the fish.
Book me. The fishing is great!!
Ken
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Hit the EB yesterday morning from 6:30 till 1pm or so and caught plenty of fish and lost plenty and lost one massive rainbow or brown and as always had the whole river to myself it was a good day
It was a hot one today, 93 when I was driving to the Swift. It was great to see only 3 cars because of the death heat. The Sulphurs are just getting going and i took an 18/19 inch rainbow on one today. I also had luck with a black ant. The bite was very good for such a hot day and the wet wading made it tolerable. The freestones should be in summer mode now, but I have another trip out to the Housy planned before it gets too warm. Looks like another hot one with storms tomorrow.
Andrew,
If you were at the Pipe then one of the cars was mine yesterday morning. my client caught his first two trout on a fly using a #16 sulphur (what else). The 55 degree water felt great!!
Ken
Ken - I actually was above rte 9 yesterday. It reminded me of the good ole days when you had the river to yourself. Every other angler was at the Y Pool. :)
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